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Traffic-Induced Asthma: Could your child be part of the eight percent?
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) Eight percent of childhood asthma cases are a result of living close (within 250 feet) to major roadways, concluded a new report out this week. Of the many studies associating traffic pollution with asthma, this one evaluating 27,000 asthmatic children … |
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Health Hazards of Heat Waves, Wildfires, and Other Extreme Weather
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) Smog pollution is also hazardous for people living with asthma, because it can trigger asthma attacks. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 24.6 million Americans suffer from asthma — a 12 percent increase over the last decade … |
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The Congress That's Hazardous to Your Health: Two More Nasty Little Bills from …
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) The second bill, called “The Asthma Inhalers Relief Act,” is designed to put back on the market a banned inhaler that contains both ozone-destroying CFCs and a drug that the nation's top asthma doctors consider ineffective and even dangerous. Whitfield Chairs Hearings and Mark-Up in Energy and Power Subcommittee this … |
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City Council Bans Bath Salts, Approves Settlement for Asthma Death and …
MyFox Chicago Aldermen also approved a $1.75 million settlement to the family of a girl who died after paramedics improperly inserted a tube to help her breathe during an asthma attack. The aldermen also approved a measure allowing the city deduct money from state … |
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The Air You Breathe: Families Thank President Obama and the EPA for Cleaner Air
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) And that includes recent updates to clean air safeguards that will prevent tens of thousands of premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of asthma attacks. That's why NRDC is thanking President Obama and the EPA for facing down polluters and moving … Environmental groups drop six figures to applaud EPA, Obama |
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NFL Legend Jerome Bettis Joins with Clean Air Council to Advocate for …
MarketWatch (press release) The rule, which would require the first nationwide reductions of hazardous emissions of mercury, lead, arsenic, and acid gases from coal-fired power plants, would save up to 17000 lives and prevent 120000 cases of aggravated asthma a year, according to … |
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Diesel Pollution and Asthma: More evidence that the two are closely linked
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) A new study of infants and young children living in areas of Tucson, Arizona with elevated diesel pollution found that they are more likely than other kids to suffer from early childhood wheezing, a potential asthma indicator. This is one more study to … |
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Bellevue Council President Responds To High Asthma Numbers In Students
WTAE Pittsburgh Last month, Team 4's Jim Parsons reported that 37 percent of students in the Northgate School District have asthma, according to information from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. "I was absolutely stunned, and I thought something needs to be done … |
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Council weedkiller sparks asthma worry
Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser BY ALEXANDRA PLEFFER Councillor Paul Hawker said the herbicide glyphosate, used on local footpaths, could increase the likelihood or severity of asthma. "There's some literature coming out of California that says that it's 4? times more likely to cause … |
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Recent Study Finds Alarming Asthma Rates Near Southern California Ports
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) Almost 30% of households in West Long Beach, California are home to someone with asthma. This heartbreaking statistic is among the findings of a recent study conducted by the Greater Long Beach Interfaith Community Organization, St. Lucy's Catholic … |
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